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Hindenburg Research reports Block short position, claiming fraud facilitation and inflated metrics
23.3.2023
"Block has wildly overstated its genuine user counts and has understated its customer acquisition costs," said the report
Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles 17% After Short Seller Hindenburg's Report
23.3.2023
Notable short seller Hindenburg Research accuses Block of "wildly" overstating user counts, while understating customer acquisition costs
New Feature Enables Nigerian Metamask Wallet Users to Buy Crypto Assets Within the App
23.3.2023
Metamask users in Nigeria can now directly and instantly buy crypto assets within the mobile app, Consensys and its Web3 infrastructure partner Moonpay have said. According to a Consensys executive, rolling out this feature helps to reduce friction while bringing down barriers that block or stop...
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Proposes Ban on a CBDC
22.3.2023
The effort by the Texas senator adds to a similar state-level measure proposed earlier this week by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
US Senator Ted Cruz tries again with new bill to block CBDC
22.3.2023
Ted Cruz said it is “more important than ever” to ensure the financial privacy of American citizens is preserved
Bitcoin Network Preps for Another Difficulty Spike as Hashrate Remains Strong and Miners Profit Amid Price Surge
21.3.2023
Following the last two difficulty increases on the Bitcoin network, another rise in difficulty is expected to take place on March 24, 2023. Statistics show that Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained high despite the last two adjustments, and block times have been faster than the ten-minute...
Orca DEX to block US users from trading with its interface
16.3.2023
The company said U.S. traders would still be able to make swaps by directly interacting with Orca’s smart contracts, however
Crypto Exchange Orca to Block U.S. Traders From Website
16.3.2023
The top decentralized exchange on Solana will restrict U.S. trading activity from orca.so beginning on March 31
SD Governor Urges 20 States to Block Legislation That Bans Crypto’s Use as Money — Says ‘Its a Threat to Our Freedom’
14.3.2023
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has vetoed a bill that bans the use of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, as money. The bill, masquerading as a Universal Commercial Code (UCC) guidelines update, also paves the way for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Emphasizing that this bill...
Solo Bitcoin miner defies odds to mine valid BTC block, gets $150K block reward
13.3.2023
The act of mining a valid BTC block solo is so rare that the event has occurred only 270 times out of the 700,000 blocks produced in the last 13 years
Block.one Exits Silvergate Stake, Says Portfolio Firm Has No Exposure
9.3.2023
The Peter Thiel-backed company made a contrarian bet on Silvergate last November when its exposure to FTX’s collapse first became known
CoinTracker integrates with H&R Block to offer crypto tax preparation
9.3.2023
The new integration allows crypto users to automatically fill out the crypto portion of Form 8949, which is used to report capital gains and losses from investments for tax filings
Bitcoin thought leaders weigh the pros and cons of Ordinals
8.3.2023
What do Bitcoin ecosystem CEOs make of ordinals, and what does the computer game Doom have to do with it?
Jack Dorsey’s Block asks for input on proposed ‘mining development kit’
8.3.2023
Block’s mining hardware product lead, Naoise Irwin, has asked for pointers on a proposed hardware and software development kit for Bitcoin mining
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes
6.3.2023
Fonts are a defining characteristic of the design of any site. That includes WordPress themes, where it’s common for theme developers to integrate a service like Google Fonts into the WordPress Customizer settings for a “classic” PHP-based theme. That hasn’t …
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Bitcoin Miners Brace for Another Projected Difficulty Increase as Hashrate Heats Up Amid Market Uncertainty
5.3.2023
Despite a 9.95% increase last week and the all-time high difficulty, bitcoin’s hashrate has averaged around 305 exahash per second (EH/s) over the past 30 days. According to current data, the hashrate has been around 308 EH/s over the past 2,016 blocks. The next difficulty change, set...
Flashbots Makes Privacy-Enhanced Block Builder Open Source on Ethereum Testnet Sepolia
3.3.2023
Research shared by the team details that block builders will be able to build blocks without accessing private data of user’s transactions
Xapo Bank Integrates Lightning Network Payments Through Lightspark Partnership
2.3.2023
On March 2, Xapo Bank announced its partnership with Lightspark, a company led by David Marcus, former crypto boss at Facebook. The partnership aims to extend the utility of bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Xapo revealed on Thursday that it is the first fully licensed private bank to offer...
Block remains on the hunt for wallet partners nearly two years later
2.3.2023
The firm plans to partner with companies that are already experienced in local fiat payment processing
Block Launches New Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
2.3.2023
The new entity dubbed “c=” aims to improve liquidity and routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network